New editor-in-chief at Blick
Ralph Grosse-Bley becomes editor-in-chief of Blick. He has led the editorial team as interim editor-in-chief since July 2009.
Bley will take over as editor-in-chief of Blick with immediate effect. He has been interim editor-in-chief since July 2, 2009 and played a key role in the relaunch of Blick in October 2009. Under his leadership, Blick returned to the core of its brand with consistent tabloid content and a switch back to a large format, according to a Ringier press release. As editor-in-chief in the recently opened integrated newsroom of the Blick Group, Bley has the task of maintaining and further developing the specific character of the publication. He is entrusted with this task together with the editors-in-chief of Sonntagsblick, Blick am Abend and Blick.ch. He works together with his deputies Karsten Witzmann and Clemens Studer. Overall journalistic responsibility remains with the CEO of Ringier Switzerland and Germany, Marc Walder.
Ralph Grosse-Bley worked as a news editor for the Rhein-Zeitung from 1988. Among other things, he reported from Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War. He then moved to Bild Zeitung, where he was managing editor for the cities of Dresden, Berlin, Leipzig and Madgeburg. After working as editor-in-chief at Radio 100.6 Berlin and as deputy head of Bild Zeitung in North Rhine-Westphalia, he worked as text director and deputy editor-in-chief of Sonntagsblick in 2001 and 2002. After the "Ringier-Borer affair", he had to leave the Ringier publishing house in 2002. His wife, the Berlin correspondent Alexandra Würzbach, had written in Sonntagsblick about an alleged love affair between the then Swiss ambassador Thomas Borer and a make-up artist. When Borer returned to Switzerland, the Ringier publishing house apologized for the reporting and paid compensation. Because the basis of trust was no longer there, as it was said at the time, Grosse-Bley then left Sonntags Blick.
In 2003, he moved back to Bild Zeitung, where he worked as Editorial Director Leipzig and from 2004 as Editorial Director New Federal States. From January to June 2009, he was deputy editor-in-chief of Blick and from July 2009 was interim editor-in-chief.
Ralph Grosse-Bley worked as a news editor for the Rhein-Zeitung from 1988. Among other things, he reported from Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War. He then moved to Bild Zeitung, where he was managing editor for the cities of Dresden, Berlin, Leipzig and Madgeburg. After working as editor-in-chief at Radio 100.6 Berlin and as deputy head of Bild Zeitung in North Rhine-Westphalia, he worked as text director and deputy editor-in-chief of Sonntagsblick in 2001 and 2002. After the "Ringier-Borer affair", he had to leave the Ringier publishing house in 2002. His wife, the Berlin correspondent Alexandra Würzbach, had written in Sonntagsblick about an alleged love affair between the then Swiss ambassador Thomas Borer and a make-up artist. When Borer returned to Switzerland, the Ringier publishing house apologized for the reporting and paid compensation. Because the basis of trust was no longer there, as it was said at the time, Grosse-Bley then left Sonntags Blick.
In 2003, he moved back to Bild Zeitung, where he worked as Editorial Director Leipzig and from 2004 as Editorial Director New Federal States. From January to June 2009, he was deputy editor-in-chief of Blick and from July 2009 was interim editor-in-chief.
